Planning & Environment

Press reports about demolition of £500,000 “dream home” caught my eye. It’s an intriguing, if extreme, illustration of what can happen if there is development without planning permission. It’s the end of a long saga for the planning authority. There’s a useful summary in the enforcement notice appeal decision notice: Somewhere in the process, the… Read more »

Around 400 sites owned by Glasgow City Council totalling almost 550 hectares are being assessed for technical and policy constraints (e.g. access to the National Grid, proximity to housing, extent of shading (if any), zoning, and whether there are any existing planning applications). The results of Glasgow’s ‘solar survey’ will be available on the Open… Read more »

Rules have been introduced for the new Planning Court in England and Wales. Interesting to see that claims can be categorised as significant, and then have to be decided within set timescales. Although Scotland does not have enough cases to justify a Planning Court, is there scope for this prioritisation to be copied?